Tech Firms Pledge to Hire Alumni From ‘Girls Who Code’

Reshma Saujani has taught thousands of girls to code. Now she wants to find them jobs.

Ms. Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code, which teaches girls across the U.S. robotics, mobile app development, HTML and CSS. On Thursday, Ms. Saujani is set to announce a partnership with 26 tech companies including Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which are pledging to consider hiring alumnae from the program.